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Surveillance modernization efforts emphasize the potential use of electronic health record (EHR) data to inform public health surveillance and prevention. However, EHR data streams vary widely in their completeness, accuracy, and representativeness. This publication describes a validation process developed by the Multi-State EHR-Based Network for Disease Surveillance (MENDS) pilot project to identify and resolve data quality issues that could affect chronic disease prevalence estimates.

The Reportable Conditions Knowledge Management System (RCKMS) is a real-time portal to enhance disease surveillance by providing comprehensive information on public health reporting criteria. Hear an overview about authoring in the RCKMS.